]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/team-usa-finishes-olympic-speed-skating-events-with-no-medals/feed/0Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty ImagesUkraine Skier Drops From Olympics Over Violence In Home Countryhttp://voiceofamarillo.com/ukraine-skier-drops-from-olympics-over-violence-in-home-country/
http://voiceofamarillo.com/ukraine-skier-drops-from-olympics-over-violence-in-home-country/#commentsThu, 20 Feb 2014 17:44:12 +0000http://voiceofamarillo.com/?p=205272Continue reading…]]>KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — A Ukrainian skier has withdrawn from the Olympics to protest the deaths of anti-government protesters in her country.

]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/sochis-opening-to-feature-vladamir-putin/feed/0Photo by Getty ImagesUS Speedskating Team Has High Hopes For Olympicshttp://voiceofamarillo.com/us-speedskating-team-has-high-hopes-for-olympics/
http://voiceofamarillo.com/us-speedskating-team-has-high-hopes-for-olympics/#commentsThu, 06 Feb 2014 18:56:45 +0000http://voiceofamarillo.com/?p=203663Continue reading…]]>SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The U.S. speedskating team won't have the home-ice advantage in Sochi.

]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/us-speedskating-team-has-high-hopes-for-olympics/feed/0Photo by Getty ImagesMaria Sharapove Discusses Childhood In Sochihttp://voiceofamarillo.com/maria-sharapove-discusses-childhood-in-sochi/
http://voiceofamarillo.com/maria-sharapove-discusses-childhood-in-sochi/#commentsWed, 05 Feb 2014 19:01:54 +0000http://voiceofamarillo.com/?p=203536Continue reading…]]>SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Maria Sharapova is visiting the town of her childhood, which also happens to be one of Russia's warmest spots — and the host of the Winter Games.

]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/maria-sharapove-discusses-childhood-in-sochi/feed/0photo by Getty ImagesRussia's Anti-Gay Law Drawing Complaints In Sochihttp://voiceofamarillo.com/russias-anti-gay-law-drawing-complaints-in-sochi/
http://voiceofamarillo.com/russias-anti-gay-law-drawing-complaints-in-sochi/#commentsWed, 05 Feb 2014 18:06:45 +0000http://voiceofamarillo.com/?p=203508Continue reading…]]>SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A U.S. Olympic sponsor and U.N. panel condemned a Russian law criticized as a stifling of gay rights as protests were planned for around the world Wednesday, keeping an irritant to the hosts of the Winter Olympics front and center two days ahead of the opening ceremonies.

]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/russias-anti-gay-law-drawing-complaints-in-sochi/feed/0photo by Getty ImagesBillie Jean King Has To Skip Sochi Openinghttp://voiceofamarillo.com/billie-jean-king-has-to-skip-sochi-opening/
http://voiceofamarillo.com/billie-jean-king-has-to-skip-sochi-opening/#commentsWed, 05 Feb 2014 18:00:38 +0000http://voiceofamarillo.com/?p=203502Continue reading…]]>NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King will not attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics in Russia because her mother is ill.

]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/billie-jean-king-has-to-skip-sochi-opening/feed/0photo by Getty ImagesSearch Continues In Russia For Potential Olympic Terroristshttp://voiceofamarillo.com/search-continues-in-russia-for-potential-olympic-terrorists/
http://voiceofamarillo.com/search-continues-in-russia-for-potential-olympic-terrorists/#commentsTue, 21 Jan 2014 17:48:10 +0000http://voiceofamarillo.com/?p=201156Continue reading…]]>MOSCOW (AP) — The search for three women suspected of planning terrorist attacks at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics has raised one of Russia's most feared specters — the female suicide bombers known as "black widows." For more than a decade, women have committed many of Russia's worst terror attacks, downing airliners, blowing up subway cars and killing people going to a rock concert.

]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/search-continues-in-russia-for-potential-olympic-terrorists/feed/0Photo by Epsilon/Getty ImagesIOC President Expects Safe Winter Olympicshttp://voiceofamarillo.com/ioc-president-expects-safe-winter-olympics/
http://voiceofamarillo.com/ioc-president-expects-safe-winter-olympics/#commentsMon, 30 Dec 2013 17:49:16 +0000http://voiceofamarillo.com/?p=198653Continue reading…]]>LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach says he has full confidence that Russian authorities will deliver "safe and secure" games in Sochi despite the two deadly suicide bombings in southern Russia that have heightened concerns about the terrorist threat to the Olympics.

]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/us-mens-curling-team-has-qualified-for-olympics/feed/0Photo by Daniel Kopatsch/Getty ImagesRussia Introduces Resolution With United Nations Asking For Symbolic Period Of Truce For Olympic Games In Sochihttp://voiceofamarillo.com/russia-introduces-resolution-with-united-nations-asking-for-symbolic-period-of-truce-for-olympic-games-in-sochi/
http://voiceofamarillo.com/russia-introduces-resolution-with-united-nations-asking-for-symbolic-period-of-truce-for-olympic-games-in-sochi/#commentsWed, 06 Nov 2013 17:27:58 +0000http://voiceofamarillo.com/?p=192873Continue reading…]]>UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has introduced a resolution in the U.N. General Assembly calling for a traditional, symbolic truce around the period of the Winter Olympics and Paralympic games in Sochi.

]]>http://voiceofamarillo.com/olympic-flame-reaches-north-pole/feed/0Photo by Michalis Karagiannis/Getty ImagesPutin Bans Rallies In Olympic Sochi For 2.5 monthshttp://voiceofamarillo.com/putin-bans-rallies-in-olympic-sochi-for-2-5-months/
http://voiceofamarillo.com/putin-bans-rallies-in-olympic-sochi-for-2-5-months/#commentsFri, 23 Aug 2013 15:16:02 +0000http://voiceofamarillo.com/?p=183605Continue reading…]]>MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree banning demonstrations and rallies in Sochi for two and a half months around the Winter Olympics.